Agreed... Robert.. the CAP mishap aircraft was on a VFR flight plan that had
been activated. I do not believe he was in contact with ATC at the time and
it is not listed in the preliminary report.

There was confusion in the local papers with the other aircraft mishap in
the same area on the same day. You will note that the accident time of the
CAP aircraft and the loss of communication with ATC on the Beech A36 are
within 7 minutes.. and both aircraft would have been within visual sighting
of each other.

BT

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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On Jan 23, 7:02 am, gwengler wrote:
For whatever it's worth, I located the crash site from the coordinates
given in the NTSB preliminary. The North Town One Departure from KVGT
from where the airplane left calls for an overflight of the LAS VOR.
The crash site is only half a mile from the direct course from LAS to
L00, the airplane's destination. I know the did not file an IFR
flight plan, and I have no idea about the actual route of flight;
however, I found this an interesting coincidence.
Gerd

Ed Lewis was one of the most experienced pilots I know. He was a test
pilot for NASA, a former combat fighter pilot, an RV owner and a good
guy.

-Robert